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THE GROUND SQUIRRELS OF CALIFORNIA.
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Fig. 2. A typical example of the California Ground Squirrel, the rodent of chief economic importance in the state. Note the tall, rather pointed ears, the whitish eyelids, the grizzled-white shoulder patch, the mottled back and rump, and the bushy tail. Photographed from life by J. Dixon.

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